Leap Year
Leap Year is the story of Anna (Amy Adams) and Jeremy (Adam Scott) a New York power couple although Anna, rather than a Blackberry would prefer a ring for her left hand. After four years however Jeremy who is a brilliant surgeon is a little thick on this point. When he heads to Ireland for a medical convention an exasperated Anna, going on the outcome of a family fable told by her father Jack (a momentary John Lithgow), decides to follow and Sadie Hawkins Jeremy on February 29th with a marriage proposal. Gang disasters find her stranded literally on the shores of Eire where she hires Declan (Matthew Goode) an obnoxious local barkeep to chauffeur her to Dublin. As more disasters ensue, sparks fly between these sparring travellers which leaves Anna with a tough decision to make. The Academy award greased acting chops of Amy Adams easily carry this picture and go a long way to creating believable chemistry between her and Matthew Goode who, judging by the tittering females behind me in the theatre doesn’t have to go very far (certainly not as far as Dublin) to charm most women. Leap Year doesn’t require a leap of faith that no surprises are to be expected. What is unexpected is being charmed by such a predictable movie.